Blog Post: Exploring the Martian Shadows: The CIA’s Project Stargate and a Lost Civilization

🌌 A Cosmic Mystery Unearthed

In Episode 158 of The Shadow Frequency, “Whispers from a Martian Past,” we ventured into the eerie unknown, guided by a declassified CIA document that feels like it was ripped from a sci-fi novel. 📜👽 Dated May 22, 1984, and part of the CIA’s secretive Project Stargate, this document—titled “Mars Exploration”—describes a psychic’s astral journey to Mars, not as we know it today, but as it might have been a million years ago.

What they saw was nothing short of haunting: towering pyramids 🏜️, vast roads 🛣️, and the fleeting shadows of “very tall, thin people” in a civilization on the brink of collapse. As the producer of this episode, I’m still reeling from the chills it sent down my spine. ❄️ Let’s dive into the shadows of this Martian mystery.

🔮 The Psychic Window to Mars

Project Stargate, active from the 1970s to 1995, was the CIA’s bold experiment in psychic phenomena, particularly remote viewing—a technique where operatives projected their consciousness to distant places or times. 🧠✨

In this 1984 session, a psychic, reportedly Joseph McMoneagle, was tasked with “visiting” Mars circa 1 million BC. The coordinates provided—40.89°N, 9.55°W—point to the Cydonia region, infamous for the “Face on Mars” 😶‍🌫️ captured by NASA’s Viking 1 orbiter in 1976.

The psychic described massive pyramid-like structures 🏯, a sprawling road, and beings—tall, thin, draped in strange garments—moving through a dying world choked by dust storms 🌫️. It’s a vision that feels alive, like a memory from a forgotten epoch. 🕰️

🗿 Cydonia: A Martian Enigma

The Cydonia region has long captivated imaginations. The “Face on Mars”, a mesa resembling a humanoid face, sparked theories of alien architecture when it was first photographed. 📷👁️

Add to that the nearby pyramid-like formations, and you’ve got a landscape that screams purpose. The psychic’s description of geometric structures and roads aligns eerily with these features, which some researchers—like those at the Cydonia Institute—argue are too precise to be natural. 📐

Was Mars once home to a civilization advanced enough to carve monuments that still stand? 🛸 The document suggests a people facing environmental collapse 🌪️, searching for a new home among the stars. Could they have left echoes of their existence—or even seeded life on Earth? 🌍

👻 The Shadows Speak

What makes this story so gripping is its emotional weight. The psychic’s visions paint a civilization not unlike our own, grappling with survival as their world crumbled. 🏚️

The “large orb” in the sky—perhaps a moon or spacecraft 🚀—hints at a desperate exodus. It’s easy to imagine these tall, thin beings as Martian ghosts, their legacy etched in stone, waiting for us to uncover. 🗿👤

The idea that Mars, now a barren wasteland, once thrived with intelligent life pulls at our deepest curiosities. Could we be connected to these beings, their story a warning for our own planet? 🌍⚠️

🧪 A Skeptical Pause

Of course, not everyone is ready to board the Martian mothership. 🛸 Critics, like those at the Skeptical Inquirer, point out that remote viewing lacks scientific validation. The “Face on Mars” was later shown by high-resolution NASA images to be a natural formation, eroded by eons of wind. 🌬️

The psychic’s visions could be imagination, suggestion, or a vivid dream shaped by the era’s fascination with Mars. Yet, even skepticism can’t erase the question: why did the CIA pursue this? Why Mars, a million years ago? 🤔

The document’s existence alone is a tantalizing thread 🧵 in the paranormal tapestry.

🌠 Why It Haunts Us

As we wrapped Episode 158, Matt and I couldn’t shake the feeling that Mars is calling to us. 📡 Whether it’s a psychic glimpse of truth or a story woven from shadows, the idea of a lost Martian civilization stirs something primal. 🔥

It’s a reminder that the universe is vast, ancient, and full of secrets we’ve only begun to touch. 🪐 So, listeners, what do you think? Are these visions echoes of a real past, or just whispers in the dark? 🌒👂

📧 Email us at shadowpodcast@protonmail.com and join the conversation.

Until next time, keep your eyes on the stars ✨—and your ears tuned to The Shadow Frequency. 🎙️📡

Signed,
🖋️ Juniper Ravenwood